John Sparrow David Thompson

John Sparrow David Thompson (10 November 1845-12 December 1894) was Prime Minister of Canada from 5 December 1892 to 12 December 1894, succeeding John Abbott and preceding Mackenzie Bowell. He was a member of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Biography
John Sparrow David Thompson was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on 10 November 1845, and he was called to the bar in 1865 after becoming a lawyer. In 1877, he was elected to the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly as a Conservative Party of Canada member, and he became the provincial attorney general the following year. From 25 May to 18 July 1894, he served as Premier of Nova Scotia, succeeding Simon Hugh Holmes and preceding William Thomas Pipes; he lost the premiership when the Liberal Party of Canada defeated him in the election. In 1885, he was a driving force behind the enactment of the Canadian criminal code, and he became Prime Minister in 1892 after John Abbott's resignation due to health reasons. Thompson was Prime Minister for less than two years, dying of a heart attack in Windsor, Berkshire, England on 12 December 1894 at the age of 49; he was the second and most recent Canadian Prime Minister to die in office.